When their wealthy half-brother cheats them of their fortune, the Dashwood sisters are left penniless. Meeting John Willoughby convinces them that their fortunes will change forever.
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WDP to Stage Sense and Sensibility
The company are returning to Deans Court after an absence of two years
2019
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She Stoops To Conquer
She Stoops to Conquer takes a comedic, often farcical, look at the behaviour and marital expectations of the upper classes in 18th century England.
2017
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Much Ado About Nothing
Count Claudio falls in love with Hero, the daughter of his host. Hero’s cousin Beatrice and Benedict are each duped into believing the other is in love with them.
2015
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Pride and Prejudice
A husband is hardly Elizabeth Bennet’s most urgent priority. With four sisters, a match-making mother, and a string of unsuitable suitors, it’s difficult to escape the subject.
2013
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Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime
Lord Arthur Savile’s is engaged to lovely Sybil Merton. Her pet chiromantist Podgers has read Lord Arthur’s palm and foretold he would commit a murder…
2012
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Twelfth Night
Viola and her twin brother Sebastian have been shipwrecked; each believes the other to be drowned. Viola disguises herself as a young man and gets a job as a servant for Orsino.
2011
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The Importance of Being Earnest
John Worthing escapes the burdens of responsibility to have an exciting life in the city, pretending to be his fictitious younger brother Ernest.
1990
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The Man Who Noticed Such Things
A selection of scenes, sketches and music to celebrate the life, times and achievements of Thomas Hardy.
1951
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The Pageant of Wimborne
It is recorded that Her Gracious Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, visited the Manor of Canford – seat of my lord Mountjoy (and possibly what is known as Merley House) in June 1563.